Join the team at Avera Award Winning Health Care: Avera has been named among the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems, Forbes list of America’s Best-in-State Employers and Level 10 Most Wired Health Care Organization by CHIME. Culture: Be part of a multidisciplinary team built on teamwork, with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter. You Belong at Avera: Competitive pay, front-loaded PTO and options for free health insurance, Student Loan Repayment Program, sign-on bonuses, various shifts to fit your lifestyle and opportunities for career growth. Exciting opportunity to join the Avera Laboratory, one of the top labs in the nation May be eligible for a $15,000 Sign-On Bonus with a 3 year commitment Position Highlights: May be eligible for a $15,000 Sign-On Bonus with 3 year commitment. Student Loan Repayment: This position may be eligible for Avera’s Student Loan Repayment Program, which helps you pay off your loans and save money. Each month an extra payment of $167 (up to $10,000) from Avera will help pay down your principal balance faster. Compensation: Immediately, Avera starts you with great wages, excellent benefits including health, dental, paid time off, and generous retirement. Positive Work Environment: Be part of an organization where we practice the mission in our daily operations and demonstrate our pride by delivering excellent care. Job Summary The Medical Laboratory Scientist performs a variety of clinical laboratory tests, procedures and related duties. Utilizes scientific principles as well as technical, procedural, and problem-solving aptitudes for day-to-day laboratory technical operations, quality control, quality assurance, procedure/instrument maintenance and corrective action, test result correlation, and clinical laboratory related continuing education. Professional Growth Opportunities: Lab Leadership Apprenticeship program Key Operator overseeing laboratory instruments Train in specialized lab departments: Blood Banking Microbiology Flow Cytometry Molecular Specials Chemistry Cell Therapy Education and/or Experience Bachelor's Degree with completion of NAACLS accredited Medical Laboratory Scientist program, or Bachelor's Degree & one to two years of Medical Laboratory Scientist experience/training acceptable to the ASCP or AMT. Certification, Licensure, Registration Certification as Medical Laboratory Scientist from the ASCP or AMT within one year of hire date. Work Schedule Day/Evening Shifts; 80 hours every 2 weeks Every third weekend Every third holiday Every third on-call Pay The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. $27.50 - $41.50 per hour What Makes Avera Special?